Population in China compared to Uruguay: Trends, Charts, Rankings

China and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	China	Uruguay	China	Uruguay
1960	667,070,000	2,529,957	-	-
1961	660,330,000	2,562,044	-1.01%	1.27%
1962	665,770,000	2,593,298	0.82%	1.22%
1963	682,335,000	2,623,766	2.49%	1.17%
1964	698,355,000	2,653,180	2.35%	1.12%
1965	715,185,000	2,681,169	2.41%	1.05%
1966	735,400,000	2,707,646	2.83%	0.99%
1967	754,550,000	2,732,277	2.6%	0.91%
1968	774,510,000	2,754,606	2.65%	0.82%
1969	796,025,000	2,773,974	2.78%	0.7%
1970	818,315,000	2,790,807	2.8%	0.61%
1971	841,105,000	2,806,462	2.78%	0.56%
1972	862,030,000	2,821,644	2.49%	0.54%
1973	881,940,000	2,837,133	2.31%	0.55%
1974	900,350,000	2,853,944	2.09%	0.59%
1975	916,395,000	2,872,320	1.78%	0.64%
1976	930,685,000	2,891,392	1.56%	0.66%
1977	943,455,000	2,909,461	1.37%	0.62%
1978	956,165,000	2,925,715	1.35%	0.56%
1979	969,005,000	2,939,903	1.34%	0.48%
1980	981,235,000	2,951,953	1.26%	0.41%
1981	993,885,000	2,963,246	1.29%	0.38%
1982	1,008,630,000	2,975,492	1.48%	0.41%
1983	1,023,310,000	2,988,778	1.46%	0.45%
1984	1,036,825,000	3,002,488	1.32%	0.46%
1985	1,051,040,000	3,017,037	1.37%	0.48%
1986	1,066,790,000	3,032,845	1.5%	0.52%
1987	1,084,035,000	3,049,896	1.62%	0.56%
1988	1,101,630,000	3,067,961	1.62%	0.59%
1989	1,118,650,000	3,086,255	1.54%	0.6%
1990	1,135,185,000	3,104,403	1.48%	0.59%
1991	1,150,780,000	3,122,354	1.37%	0.58%
1992	1,164,970,000	3,139,702	1.23%	0.56%
1993	1,178,440,000	3,156,345	1.16%	0.53%
1994	1,191,835,000	3,172,834	1.14%	0.52%
1995	1,204,855,000	3,189,440	1.09%	0.52%
1996	1,217,550,000	3,206,324	1.05%	0.53%
1997	1,230,075,000	3,223,345	1.03%	0.53%
1998	1,241,935,000	3,239,280	0.96%	0.49%
1999	1,252,735,000	3,254,015	0.87%	0.45%
2000	1,262,645,000	3,266,206	0.79%	0.37%
2001	1,271,850,000	3,274,251	0.73%	0.25%
2002	1,280,400,000	3,278,867	0.67%	0.14%
2003	1,288,400,000	3,281,186	0.62%	0.07%
2004	1,296,075,000	3,283,148	0.6%	0.06%
2005	1,303,720,000	3,285,771	0.59%	0.08%
2006	1,311,020,000	3,289,506	0.56%	0.11%
2007	1,317,885,000	3,295,153	0.52%	0.17%
2008	1,324,655,000	3,302,177	0.51%	0.21%
2009	1,331,260,000	3,310,091	0.5%	0.24%
2010	1,337,705,000	3,318,580	0.48%	0.26%
2011	1,345,035,000	3,326,825	0.55%	0.25%
2012	1,354,190,000	3,335,401	0.68%	0.26%
2013	1,363,240,000	3,345,337	0.67%	0.3%
2014	1,371,860,000	3,356,334	0.63%	0.33%
2015	1,379,860,000	3,368,017	0.58%	0.35%
2016	1,387,790,000	3,379,283	0.57%	0.33%
2017	1,396,215,000	3,388,438	0.61%	0.27%
2018	1,402,760,000	3,394,534	0.47%	0.18%
2019	1,407,745,000	3,397,206	0.36%	0.08%
2020	1,411,100,000	3,398,968	0.24%	0.05%
2021	1,412,360,000	3,396,695	0.09%	-0.07%
2022	1,412,175,000	3,390,913	-0.01%	-0.17%
2023	1,410,710,000	3,388,081	-0.1%	-0.08%
2024	1,408,975,000	3,386,588	-0.12%	-0.04%
2025	1,405,773,318	3,384,690	-0.23%	-0.06%
2026	1,402,614,510	3,382,543	-0.22%	-0.06%
2027	1,399,403,406	3,380,245	-0.23%	-0.07%
2028	1,395,886,569	3,377,893	-0.25%	-0.07%
2029	1,392,060,666	3,375,428	-0.27%	-0.07%
2030	1,387,961,846	3,372,892	-0.29%	-0.08%
2031	1,383,588,794	3,370,285	-0.32%	-0.08%
2032	1,378,934,346	3,367,544	-0.34%	-0.08%
2033	1,374,007,012	3,364,654	-0.36%	-0.09%
2034	1,368,825,481	3,361,591	-0.38%	-0.09%
2035	1,363,415,793	3,358,284	-0.4%	-0.1%
2036	1,357,772,486	3,354,682	-0.41%	-0.11%
2037	1,351,902,859	3,350,735	-0.43%	-0.12%
2038	1,345,840,038	3,346,431	-0.45%	-0.13%
2039	1,339,558,174	3,341,676	-0.47%	-0.14%
2040	1,333,028,062	3,336,469	-0.49%	-0.16%
2041	1,326,251,398	3,330,804	-0.51%	-0.17%
2042	1,319,222,019	3,324,643	-0.53%	-0.18%
2043	1,311,956,934	3,317,939	-0.55%	-0.2%
2044	1,304,437,340	3,310,611	-0.57%	-0.22%
2045	1,296,592,737	3,302,680	-0.6%	-0.24%
2046	1,288,357,014	3,294,196	-0.64%	-0.26%
2047	1,279,723,262	3,285,160	-0.67%	-0.27%
2048	1,270,661,954	3,275,507	-0.71%	-0.29%
2049	1,261,120,581	3,265,260	-0.75%	-0.31%
2050	1,251,102,086	3,254,361	-0.79%	-0.33%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of China increased by 76,770,000 people (a 5.86% growth), while Uruguay gained 89,777 people (a 2.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, China gained 14,824,510 (a 1.07% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 3,260 (a 0.1% growth).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2006 and is 2nd in 2026. Uruguay was ranked 129th in 2006 and ranked 133rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 10.8% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Uruguay will decrease by 3.79% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.